| War of the Weirds | |
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| Season 3, Episode 2 | |
Production Information | |
| Air Date | June 7, 2014 |
| Written by | Roger Eschbacher |
| Supervising director | Dallas Parker |
| Directed by | Joel Dickie |
Episode Guide | |
| Previous | Next |
| Sleeper | Some Assistance Required |
- "What is there to know? It's right there! Floating up in the sky, full of aliens from another planet, whose only goal is to turn us all into their mindless robots!"
- —Vinnie Terrio
War of the Weirds is the second episode of the third season of Littlest Pet Shop and the fifty-fourth episode overall.
Overview[]
The pets see what they believe is a UFO. Meanwhile, Mrs. Twombly tries to boost sales at the pet shop.
Summary[]
As Mrs. Twombly drives the pets back from the veterinarian, she hears Fisher Biskit's advertisement for the Largest Ever Pet Shop with a thinly-veiled personal attack on the Littlest Pet Shop. Hungry for retaliation, Mrs. Twombly decides to do some advertisement of her own. At that moment, Vinnie spots what appears to be a flying saucer having landed on a buildingtop. He lets Sunil know, and they both freak out in the shuttle, having convinced each other that they're witnessing an alien invasion. When they show the other pets, the idea starts spreading amongst them, though Russell has his doubts and Minka, having had previous experience with extraterrestrials, bears no fear of them. Mrs. Twombly pulls over to the Littlest Pet Shop and complains about Fisher to Blythe when the pets leap out of the shuttle and scramble into the day camp, causing the two of them to spin around on the sidewalk. Mrs. Twombly is then inspired to get a sign twirler to draw attention to the place.
As soon as the pets reach the safety of the day camp room, Vinnie and Sunil immediately take to building a fortress as Russell tries to create a universally-understood language to communicate with them. Penny Ling envelops herself in pillows so the aliens cannot tip her over like she suspects they'll do, Zoe readies herself in hopes of being admired by the aliens, and Pepper worries that her jokes cannot translate over. Minka, meanwhile, remains perfectly calm and even pulls out her portrait of the martian she met. She fails to convince anybody though, as they all hide.
Mrs. Twombly grabs Madison over and assigns her to do sign-twirling. After explaining how it works twice, she pulls minimal effort with the arrow pointing the wrong way. Mrs. Twombly turns the arrow over, sighs, and considers Madison's routine good enough.
Blythe attempts to leave from the dumbwaiter to find Penny's pillow stack in the way. Squeezing through, she learns from the pets that they all believe there is an alien invasion underway. When she hears from Zoe that they saw a spaceship, Blythe contacts Roger and asks if aliens are real. Roger nervously explains that, as an airplane pilot, he sees a lot of unusual objects in the sky and cannot confirm or deny the existence of extraterrestrial spacecraft. His answer leaves Blythe unable to come up with something to calm the pets down, and Vinnie puts a Tinfoil Hat on Blythe's head.
In her office, Mrs. Twombly writes the sign-twirling off as a loss and sees a commercial on her television for the Largest Ever Pet Shop. This refuels her rage, but her screaming is interrupted by Madison walking into the office and asking for her pay.
Blythe immediately puts the tinfoil hat down but is quickly warned by Vinnie not to take her tinfoil hat off. He then tells her of a story about how aliens force pets to eat all of their vegetables. Blythe gives the matter some further thought and concludes that the pets did see something, so she asks where they saw it so she can go over and confirm it for herself. She asks all the pets to hop on her scooter, but Minka is the only one who accepts, the others being too scared to go.
Mrs. Twombly tries offering free samples at the front of the store with Madison behind the table. A man walks up and tries one but nearly gags from its flavor. When he asks what's in them, Madison lists meat byproducts as Mrs. Twombly explains it's pet kibble and not the cookies he thought they were.
Blythe and Minka eventually convince the other pets to get on the scooter, Penny being the last one and only after Blythe reassures her that Blythe will not let anyone tip her over. As they head out, Sunil and Vinnie believe they're going to die and brace themselves for the worst.
Mrs. Twombly, having packed up her samples stand, goes about cleaning the Littlest Pet Shop as usual when she feels like she's being watched. She looks around and discovers across the street a billboard displaying Fisher's face, displayed as if he is staring down at the Littlest Pet Shop.
Blythe races across Downtown City, and before long, Vinnie and Sunil panic at what they believe is a giant tripod. Blythe goes closer and passes the steam obscuring it to reveal it's just a water tower. Russell hears some mechanical sounds and fearfully wonders what it could be, causing the other pets to come up with their own ideas. Blythe drives towards the source of the noise and reveals it's simply a garbage truck doing its daily run. Immediately after, Zoe sees something wiggling in the distance, which Vinnie thinks are "alien snake men" but are revealed to be merely dancing balloons. Blythe gets annoyed at the common everyday objects the pets think are alien-related and sternly tells them to calm down and not let their imaginations get the best of them.
Blythe reaches the location where the pets saw the spaceship, which turns out to be the Largest Ever Pet Shop. The spaceship seems to have left from the buildingtop, and the pets figure the spaceship has moved to invade another city, Vinnie suspecting Uptown City and Sunil guessing Midtown City. Seeing Blythe stopped at the front of the store, the Biskit Twins step out to taunt Blythe. When Blythe asks them about something on the buildingtop, Whittany tells her that Fisher already sold it off, and the two head back into the store. With that over with, Blythe tells the pets that the spaceship was simply an "advertising inflatable," a large balloon used to draw attention to a store.
Blythe heads back to the Littlest Pet Shop to see the inflatable flying saucer on the roof of the building. Mrs. Twombly points out that she bought it online from a "Bisher Fiskit," only to realize who this was. Her fears are realized when the balloon opens up to reveal a Fisher balloon playing a voice clip telling people to visit the Largest Ever Pet Shop. Mrs. Twombly becomes so enraged by what she sees that she emits a scream loud enough to disrupt an actual planned alien invasion of Earth. The leader of the fleet deems the planet too dangerous and orders his subordinates to retreat.
Cast[]
- Ashleigh Ball - Blythe Baxter
- Sam Vincent - Russell Ferguson and Fisher Biskit
- Tabitha St. Germain - Pepper Clark
- Kyle Rideout - Vinnie Terrio
- Kira Tozer - Minka Mark
- Nicole Oliver - Zoe Trent
- Peter New - Sunil Nevla
- Jocelyne Loewen - Penny Ling
- Kathleen Barr - Mrs. Twombly
- Michael Kopsa - Roger Baxter
- Shannon Chan-Kent - Brittany and Whittany Biskit and Madison
- Joel Dickie - Vegetable-feeding Alien (uncredited)[1]
Trivia[]
- The title is a parody of H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.
- One of the machines seen in this episode resembles the alien fighting machine shown in The War of the Worlds.
- The game Sunil and Vinnie play is a parody of the game called Punch Buggy, which is a car game that children play involving the players punching one another on the arm whenever they see a Volkswagen Beetle car and yell its color.
- Interestingly, despite the B-Plot being centered almost completely around Fisher, he never actually appears physically in this episode.
- Blythe's outfit from this episode is the same as one from the "Casual" Blythe Style toy pack.
Continuity[]
- Mrs. Twombly sings while driving the Littlest Pet Shuttle, making the pets get bored, like she did in Missing Blythe.
- Minka mentions the events from Standup Stinker when she met the "Alien Overlord".
- Madison and Stephanie Hart make a third appearance.
- Madison wears a Statue of Liberty costume, as did Penny Ling in Shanghai Hi-Jinks. Penny's costume also appeared in The Expo Factor - Part 2.
- Blythe's phone shows a picture of the drawing of Sunil's outfit from Blythe's Big Adventure Part Two.
- The television in Mrs. Twombly's room shows the Iguana Legal Firm commercial with Bruce from The Big, Feathered Parade.
Errors[]
Coming soon!
Quotes[]
- Main article: War of the Weirds/Transcript
Coming soon!
Gallery[]
References[]
| Littlest Pet Shop Episodes, Films, and Animated Shorts |
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| Season 1 | |||
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| Episode 1 Blythe's Big Adventure Part One |
Episode 2 Blythe's Big Adventure Part Two |
Episode 3 Bad Hair Day |
Episode 4 Gailbreak! |
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| Episode 5 Penny For Your Laughs |
Episode 6 Mean Isn't Your Color |
Episode 7 Russell Up Some Fun |
Episode 8 Blythe's Crush |
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| Episode 9 Dumb Dumbwaiter |
Episode 10 Eve of Destruction |
Episode 11 Books and Covers |
Episode 12 So You Skink You Can Dance |
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| Episode 13 Lights, Camera, Mongoose! |
Episode 14 Trading Places |
Episode 15 Topped With Buttercream |
Episode 16 Sweet (Truck) Ride |
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| Episode 17 Helicopter Dad |
Episode 18 What's in the Batter? |
Episode 19 What Did You Say? |
Episode 20 Bakers and Fakers |
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| Episode 21 Terriers and Tiaras |
Episode 22 Lotsa Luck |
Episode 23 Door-Jammed |
Episode 24 Frenemies |
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| Episode 25 Blythe's Pet Project |
Episode 26 Summertime Blues |
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| Season 2 | |||
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| Episode 1 Missing Blythe |
Episode 2 The Nest Hats Craze! |
Episode 3 Eight Arms to Hold You |
Episode 4 Heart of Parkness |
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| Episode 5 Pawlm Reading |
Episode 6 The Treasure of Henrietta Twombly |
Episode 7 What, Meme Worry? |
Episode 8 The Big, Feathered Parade |
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| Episode 9 A Day at the Museum |
Episode 10 Alligators and Handbags |
Episode 11 Blythe's Big Idea |
Episode 12 Commercial Success |
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| Episode 13 So Interesting |
Episode 14 To Paris With Zoe |
Episode 15 Super Sunil |
Episode 16 Sweet Pepper |
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| Episode 17 Shanghai Hi-Jinks |
Episode 18 Grounded |
Episode 19 Inside Job |
Episode 20 Plane it on Rio! |
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| Episode 21 Littlest Bigfoot |
Episode 22 Sunil's Sick Day |
Episode 23 The Hedgehog In The Plastic Bubble |
Episode 24 Standup Stinker |
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| Episode 25 The Expo Factor - Part 1 |
Episode 26 The Expo Factor - Part 2 |
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| Season 3 | |||
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| Episode 1 Sleeper |
Episode 2 War of the Weirds |
Episode 3 Some Assistance Required |
Episode 4 Secret Cupet |
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| Episode 5 Hamster Hoods |
Episode 6 Tongue Tied |
Episode 7 What's So Scary About the Jungle? Everything! |
Episode 8 Two Pets for Two Pests |
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| Episode 9 Feud for Thought |
Episode 10 Fish Out of Water |
Episode 11 If the Shoe Fits |
Episode 12 The Very Littlest Pet Shop |
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| Episode 13 The Secret Recipe |
Episode 14 Winter Wonder Wha...? |
Episode 15 Snow Stormin' |
Episode 16 Back Window |
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| Episode 17 Room Enough |
Episode 18 Why Can't We Be Friends? |
Episode 19 Pet Sounds |
Episode 20 The Sister Story |
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| Episode 21 A Night at the Pawza |
Episode 22 Proud as a... Peacock? |
Episode 23 Sue Syndrome |
Episode 24 In the Loop |
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| Episode 25 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 1 |
Episode 26 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 The Tortoise and the Heir |
Episode 2 Pitch Purrfect |
Episode 3 Ivan the Terrific |
Episode 4 Senior Day |
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| Episode 5 Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors |
Episode 6 Game of Groans |
Episode 7 The Tiniest Animal Store |
Episode 8 Spendthrifty |
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| Episode 9 Un-vetted |
Episode 10 Pump Up the Panda |
Episode 11 Snipmates |
Episode 12 Guilt Tripping |
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| Episode 13 Petnapped! |
Episode 14 Steamed |
Episode 15 Two Peas in a Podcast |
Episode 16 Go Figure! |
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| Episode 17 A Doggie Biskit |
Episode 18 It's a Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy World |
Episode 19 Race Team: Buttercream |
Episode 20 On the Same Page |
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| Episode 21 Paint a Picture, It'll Last Longer |
Episode 22 Bake it 'Til You Make it |
Episode 23 LPS: The Moosical |
Episode 24 Seeing Red |
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| Episode 25 Littlest Pet Street - Part 1 |
Episode 26 Littlest Pet Street - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 Tail-Rave-Ium |
Episode 2 The Ladies of LPS |
Episode 3 Littlest Pet Peeves |
Episode 4 Eau de Pepper | |
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| Episode 5 Where'd the Escargot? |
Episode 6 Life of Cake |
Episode 7 The Fire Hydrant Song |
Episode 8 Naptime's a Ball | |
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| Episode 9 Just Not Into It |
Episode 10 Monkey Chase |
Episode 11 The Biggity-Big Dog Show |
Episode 12 Sour Puss | |
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| Episode 13 So Like Bored |
Episode 14 OmmmMG |
Episode 15 What's Next? |
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